Baby name
RISING
🇧🇷 🇺🇸 Emerson
/EH · mer · sun/
Meaning
“Son of Emery”
English surname meaning son of Emery, itself from Germanic Amalric meaning work-power; entered first-name use partly through the philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Nicknames
em · emmy
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Strong surname energy; aging well as the surname-as-first-name trend holds steady.
The cultural moment.
Rising in the US since the early 2000s, now in the top 200; also climbing in Brazil since 2010.